YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyMedicaid would pay for patient navigators — trained helpers who link you to doctors, rides, and other services.
Your Money
Every state Medicaid program would have to cover this service, starting the January after the bill becomes law. Navigators work through clinics and hospitals and may not take payment for steering you to a certain doctor.
More about this bill
If you have Medicaid, your state would have to pay for a patient navigator. That is a trained helper who links you to care. A navigator could help you find doctors and set up referrals. They could also connect you with help for rides, bills, or other needs. Coverage would start the January after the bill becomes law. A state could get more time if its lawmakers must act first. Health centers, hospitals, cancer centers, rural clinics, and tribal health sites would offer the service. The state would pay them, and the usual federal Medicaid share would help cover the cost. Navigators would need a nursing, social work, or health degree, a license, or approved training. They could not take a fee for sending you to a certain doctor.
Congressional Summary
Patient Navigation Assistance Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover patient navigator services for enrollees. Patient navigator services are services that help link an individual with medical, social, logistical, financial, or other programs or services to address the individual's needs.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-09-10
- Date Added
- 2026-10-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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